Device for causing the wheels of a locomotive to spin upon a track.



A. c. HINCKLEY. DEVICE FOR CAUSING THE WHEELS OF A LOCOMOTIVE T0 SPIN UPON A TRACK. APPLICATION FILED OCT- 13, I915.

1 1 7?,5 1 9 Patented Mar; 28, 1916.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS C. HINGKLEY, O'F POCATELLO, IDAHO.

DEVICE FOR GAUSING THE WHEELS OF A LOGOMOTIVE TO SPIN UPON A TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 28, 1916.

Application filed October 13, 1915. Serial No. 55,719.

a Track, of which the following is a spec1-' fication.

This invention relates to a device'which may be applied to the frame of a locomotive to cause the wheels of the locomotive to spin upon a track in order that it may be determined whether or not there are any defects in the various working parts of a steam locomotive.

The primary object of the invention is to enable an engine equipped with the invention to be operated upon a short length of track with the operating parts of the engine moving at their maximum speed and with the driving wheels of the locomotive rotating rapidly about their axis yet in such a manner as to cause the locomotive to move slowly along a track.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described which may be adjustably connected with the frame of a locomotive in such a manner as to insure the device directing a stream of oil upon the tread of the track upon which the locomotive is mounted, in advance of the front and rear drivers of the locomotive, so that upon the flowing of the discharged oil beneath the driving wheels of the locomotive the driving wheels of the engine will re-&

volve at a high rate of speed while the engine is only moving slowly over the rails.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described with an oil reservoir which may be connected to the main reservoir of an oil burning engine so that a suflicient quantity of oil will 7 be maintained in the oil reservoir 'of the device while the locomotive is operated under conditions known to railroad men as the breaking in of the locomotive.

A still further object of the invention is to provide the oil reservoir of the device with a member which directs the discharge of oil from the reservoir upon the track, with means for controlling the flow of oil from the reservoir.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter de scribed, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Thepreferred form of the invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawing, although no restriction is necessarily made to the precise details of construction therein shown, as changes, alterations; and

modifications within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to when so desired.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of track showing a locomotive mounted thereon with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view showing one of the oil reservoirs and the bracket associated therewith removed from the frame of the locomotive. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the oil reservoir supporting brackets.

The numeral 1 designates a section of a railroad track which in carrying out the present invention comprises a short portion of a branch line, and mounted upon the track 1 is a locomotive 2.

Secured to the frame of the locomotive 4 at opposite sides of the locomotive and in advance of the front and rear driving wheels 3 are brackets 5, each of said brackets comprising a strip of material having a lonstrips in spaced relation to the bent ends which contain the openings 7 are arms 8 provided near their ends distant from the body of the strips with openings 9 registering with the openings 7 in one end of the brackets 5.

Adjustably mounted upon each of the brackets 5 by means of bolts and nuts 11 which pass through the slot 6 in the brackets are oil reservoirs 11, each of the reservoirs being provided in its top with a filling opening 12 plug, or if the locomotive is of the oil burning type it may have a supply pipe from the oil reservoir of the locomotive connected therewith .as shown. III Fig. l-of the draw- Communicating with the interior of each of the oil reservoirs 12 is one end of a flexible pipe-"1e, theremaining end of which is disposed adjacent the tread of the rails of the trackfand in advance of one of the driving wheels of the locomotive. flexible pipes 14 is provided with a valve15 in order that the flow of oil from the reservoir to the pipe 14 may be regulated.

When it is desired to use the device for breaking in a new, locomotive or in other words causing the wheels of the locomotive to spin upon a trackwhile the various other parts of the locomotive are operating as though the locomotive were traveling at its maximum speed,-the brackets 5 are attached to the frame 4 of the locomotive by means of bolts 16 which pass through the openings 7 in one end of the brackets and through the openings!) in the arms 8 at the rear of the frame of the locomotive after the same has been positioned between the bent ends of the pipes 14 have their discharge ends posi-- brackets and arms. 8. The oil reservoirs 12 are now connected with the lower end of the brackets 5 and adjusted so that the flexible tioned directly above the rail or track, upon w oil burning type the valve 15 is now opened.

which it is desired to spin thewheels of the locomotives, so that, the oil will flow beneath the wheel tread.- If the engine is notof the sufiiciently to permit a steady flow of oil through the pipe 14 upon each rail from the oil reservoir. The throttle valve of the en gine may now be opened and it will be seen that the oil upon the rails will be directed.

beneath the drixdng wheels in such a manner as to cause said wheels to spin while the various other parts of the locomotive are operating as though the locomotive were traveling at its maximum speed.

It will of course be understood that if the locomotive is ofthe oil burning type a valve in the pipes which communicates with the oil reservoirs '12 from the oil reservoir of the locomotive maybe opened to insure the oil reservoirs l2 always being filled to their maximum capacity.

Each of the.

I From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing .1t Wlll be at once apparent that a device for Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is 1. In a devlcefor testing a locomotive by causing the wheels thereof to spin upon a track, a base, wheels mounted to roll upon.

the base, and means for discharging lubricating material directly on the base beneath' the wheel treads.

. 2. In a device for testing a locomotive by.

causing. the. wheels thereof to' spin upon. a track, means for discharging lubricating material from a source of supply carried by the locomotive directly on the top faces of the rail heads beneath the treads of the loco-- motive drivers. I a

3. In a devlce for testing a locomotive by causing the wheels thereof. to spin upon atrack, brackets connected with the frame. of

the locomotive and having supporting arms.

extending transversely of the tread of the rails, a receptacle for lubricating material adjustable longitudinally of each supporting arm, and means for directing the lubricating material upon the tread of the rails carried 1 by the receptacle.

In a device for testing a locomotive by I causing the wheels thereof to spin upon a track, strips of material having, portions thereoi adjacent each end bent: in opposite directions, one of said bent'portions upon each strip beingslotted, L-shaped members. connected with the strips between the bent.

portions and co-acting with the strips to secure the same to the frame of a locomotive, and oil reservoirs movable longitudinally of the slottedends of the strips.

In testimony whereofI ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTUS o. HINCKLEY.

lVitnesses: 1

F. E. WILSON, OsoAR ILLI.

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